Part III of the Canada Labour Code (Code) and its accompanying regulations, which provide labour standards for federally regulated employers, are scheduled to undergo significant changes pursuant to the coming into force of certain provisions of Bill...By: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
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On August 6, 2019, the B.C. Court of Appeal (Court) upheld the provincial Minister of Environment’s (Minister) determination that the Jumbo Glacier Resort was not “substantially started” by the deadline set out in its environmental assessment...By: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
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Employers can breathe easy once again knowing that common law reasonable notice is still capped at 24 months, absent exceptional circumstances. On June 19, 2019, the Court of Appeal for Ontario (Court of Appeal) released its decision in Dawe v. The...By: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
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As part of our quarterly series on current trends across different industries, our second article for 2019 explores litigation developments in Canada, outlining the impact on business and the potential ramifications of recent court decisions and...By: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
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In 2017 and 2019, Quebec was struck with severe spring flooding. In the Spring of 2019, floods affected more than 250 municipalities, damaged thousands of residences and forced the evacuation of over 13,500 people. Following these incidents,...By: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
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On June 17, 2019, Canada’s finance minister tabled a Notice of Ways and Means Motion regarding the taxation of employee stock options. This follows from the government’s announcement in the 2019 Budget that it intended to limit the availability of...By: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
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On June 14, 2019, the Canadian Commissioner of Competition (Commissioner) sued to unwind a recently completed merger involving companies that offer software to manage oil and gas reserves. WHAT BUSINESSES NEED TO KNOW - The Commissioner indicated...By: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
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